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titleWhat Congrego options are available?

There are currently a number of different options available for purchase, these include:

  • Congrego (standard hardware and standard software)

  • Congrego Lite (small form hardware and limited software)

  • Congrego Lite Plus (standard hardware and limited software)

  • Congrego Lite PLusUnlimited (small form hardware and standard software)

COM Ports

USB Ports

TCP/IP Connections

Secondary HDD

Supports Calibrations

Number of Channels

Hardware Watchdog

Hardware Form Factor

Congrego

6

6

2

Y

Y

Unlimited

Y

Congrego

Congrego Lite

4

4

2

N

N

15

N

Congrego Lite

Congrego Lite Plus

6

6

2

Y

N

15

N

Congrego

Congrego Lite Unlimited

4

4

2

N

Y

Unlimited

N

Congrego Lite

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titleCan I upgrade (crossgrade) my existing WinAQMS hardware?

For existing customers who have WinAQMS logger hardware a ‘crossgrade’ option is available. These customers will be able to purchase the Congrego software to run on their existing hardware. This is a limited time option and only eligible on hardware that has an Ecotech identifier as defined in the following table:

Current Year

Minimum Ecotech Identifier

2019

16-0000

2020

17-0000

2021

18-0000

2022

19-0000

The existing WinAQMS hardware dongle will be reused and its details need sending to Ecotech so that an updated licence can be produced. Contact your local distributor or Ecotech sales person for further details. Note that this crossgrade option may be retracted at any time.

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It should be noted however that the MiniDAS (FitPC) logger hardware can not be used in the crossgrade option. This is because they are required to run Windows 10 and are not deemed powerful enough to run Windows 10 and Congrego.

Congrego is also not supported on Windows 7.

Note

Congrego ships with Windows 10 Home installed by default. This can be upgraded by the end user at any point in time.

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titleWhy should I maintain my software support subscription?

There are a lot of excellent reasons why you should keep your software support subscription active. Here are a few:

  • Congrego is still under active development, lots of great new features are being added and Ecotech is committed to quarterly public releases of the software.

  • Driver support for additional manufacturers and models are being added. There are a lot of instruments out there!

  • Along with adding new features, existing functionality is being expanded and improved to provide a more pleasurable customer experience.

  • Bugs, they seem to creep in everywhere! They do occur and fixes are put in place to rectify them.

  • Reduce the time to get up and running again with the latest release. Getting the licence updated is a manual process and could take days or a week.

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titleWhat are the hardware logger specifications?

General hardware logger specifications can be found in the brochure under the Data Acquisition Systems section on the corporate web site here.

Detailed specifications are can be seen in the table here:

Congrego

Congrego Lite

Processor

Intel Core i3-4120U (3MB cache, dual core 1.7 GHz)

Intel Celeron J1800 (1MB cache, dual core 2.41 GHz)

RAM

4GB DDR3L

4GB DDR3L (1 slot free, max 8GB)

Primary HDD

128GB MSATA SSD

128GB MSATA SSD

Secondary HDD

1TB 2.5” SATA HDD

n/a

COM Ports

6 (RS-232 x 5/6, RS-485 x 0/1)

4 (RS-232 x 4, RS-485 x 0)

USB Ports

6 (2 x USB 2.0, 4 x USB 3.0)

4 (3 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0)

TCP/IP Ports

2 x RJ-45

2 x RJ-45

WiFi Enabled

Yes

No

Operating System

Windows 10 Home

Windows 10 Home

Graphics Output

2 x HDMI

1 x HDMI, 1 x VGA

Dimensions

187x111x50mm

135x128x45mm

Power Consumption

15W

10w

Notes

The general ‘work-horse’ hardware option for intensive logging operations.

Recommended for when a low powered option is required with less intensive logging

Info

It should be noted that there are currently two version of the hardware: Congrego and Congrego Lite.

The Congrego Lite hardware is recommended where a low powered option with less intensive logging is required.

See the brochure for further details.

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titleWhat instruments does Congrego support?

Congrego supports a wide range of instruments other than those produced by Ecotech. A comprehensive list of supported instruments is available here.

Info

Note that each instrument driver may have notes on how the instrument is expected to be set up in order for Congrego to communicate with it.

Depending on the instrument the support may vary e.g. Congrego may support polling of data but not calibrations.

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